Small Words, Weighty Matters: Gossip, Knowledge and Libel in Early Republican China, 1916-1928
In the years following the death of the autocratic ruler Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), the flow of gossip surrounding political leaders in China’s urban spheres revealed an open, disorderly yet robust arena full of competing voices, agendas, and manipulations. My dissertation examines gossip as both a ne...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D87Q0FZC |